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Matt,
This comes up fairly often. When I said....
"....the smaller D+ (which can be either a "ring" terminal on a post, or a female spade that plugs to a recessed male spade)."
...the Alternator with the "missing" D+ post probably had the 2nd type, where the D+ (flat spade terminal) is sort of hidden in a rectangular hole near the B+ terminal post. As to the wire – who knows? There has to be one, or the (Bosch) alternator won't put out any voltage.
There should be a "D+" embossed near the hole. Believe me, the D+ has to be there, in one form or the other (post or spade).
The problem arises when your D+ wire has the flat female spade and your new alternator has a D+ post terminal (or visa versa).
Either the wire terminal has to be changed to fit the Alternator, or (in the case of the spade wire and post alternator, fit an adapter to the D+ post terminal like the ones on your ignition coil Primary terminals.
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Bruce Young,
'93 940-NA (current)
'80 GLE V8 (Sold 5/03)
'83 Turbo 245
'76 244 (lasted only 255,000 miles)
73 142 (98K)
'71 144 (track modified--crusher bound)
New 144 from '67 to '78
Used '62 122 from '63 to '67
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